CHOLESTEROL SOLUBILITY IN ORGANIC-SOLVENTS
CHOLESTEROL SOLUBILITY IN ORGANIC-SOLVENTS
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DOI:
10.1002/jps.2600680908
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
HOFMANN, AF
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作者:
FLYNN, GL;SHAH, Y;HOFMANN, AF
The 37.degree. cholesterol solubilities in over 50 solvents, including the homologous n-alkanols through dodecanol and homologous ethyl carboxylates through the undecanoate and the 37.degree. .beta.-sitosterol solubilities in the n-alkanols through decanol are reported. Solubility data for cholesterol at 7, 17 and 27.degree. in the alcohol series were also obtained. These measurements allowed the calculation of heats of solution for cholesterol in the alkanols, which range from 7.5 kcal for methanol to 4.3 kcal for decanol and which tend to decrease, although irregularly, with increasing alkanol chain length. A solubility maximum in all of these series for both solutes was observed between a chain length of 6 and 7. A surprisingly irregular, odd-even alternating solubility pattern was noted for cholesterol in the alkanols at all 4 temperatures. This pattern was probably due to solvent-induced crystalline changes, presumably solvate formation, in each alkanol solvent through C10. The solubility studies screened solvents for their utility in dissolving cholesterol and cholesterol gallstones. Some limited dissolution experiments were performed, which indicated that the solution rate is directly related to the measured solubility in organic solvents. The dissolution behavior is different from micellar bile salt solutions, in which a significant interfacial barrier controls kinetics.